Doping and alloying of kesterites

YE Romanyuk, SG Haass, S Giraldo… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
… Attempts to improve the efficiency of kesterite solar … doping and alloying concepts for kesterite
absorbers with the focus on those that do not alter the parent zinc-blende derived kesterite

Progress and perspectives of thin film kesterite photovoltaic technology: a critical review

S Giraldo, Z Jehl, M Placidi… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… In the following, we present a review of the solutions for intrinsic and extrinsic doping of
kesterite, as well as the alloying strategies followed until now, with the aim to shed light on the …

Impact of various dopant elements on the properties of kesterite compounds for solar cell applications: a status review

DS Dhawale, A Ali, AC Lokhande - Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
… through doping with alkali, germanium, and other metal elements either during kesterite
the power conversion efficiency of the kesterite absorber, doping with alkali, germanium, …

Li‐Doping and Ag‐Alloying Interplay Shows the Pathway for Kesterite Solar Cells with Efficiency Over 14%

Y Gong, A Jimenez‐Arguijo… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
… However, the kesterite device performance is dependent on … increase the efficiency ceiling
of kesterite solar cells, making the … between Li-doping and Ag-alloying enables a reproducible …

Kesterite solar cells: insights into current strategies and challenges

M He, C Yan, J Li, MP Suryawanshi, J Kim… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… , but it does work in kesterite solar cells by either doping or alloying. As the radius of … alloyed
kesterite has achieved 12.3% efficiency with a fill factor of 72.7%, indicating that Ge alloying

Progress and Prospects with Cationic and Anionic Doping of Solution-Processed Kesterite Solar Absorbers: A Mini-Review

S Benny, AV Vidyanagar, SV Bhat - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
… Moreover, we emphasize the cation and anion doping methodologies in solution-processed
kesterites, unlike other articles discussing doping and alloying in general. Thus, this mini-…

Effects of potassium doping on solution processed kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells

Z Tong, C Yan, Z Su, F Zeng, J Yang, Y Li… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
… in CIGS, however, for CZTS with high similarity to CIGS, there are very few previous reports
10 on K doping into CZTS. Herein, we synthesize CZTS thin films with different K doping

Inserting an intermediate band in Cu-and Ag-based Kesterite compounds by Sb doping: a first-principles study

J Jiang, Y Xue, W Zhou, L Ding, H Ning, X Liang… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
… in the main band gap in the four Kesterite compounds after Sb doping at Sn or Ge site, which
… Therefore, one can upshift the original VBM of Sb-doped AZGS by alloying an appropriate …

Ge-alloyed kesterite thin-film solar cells: previous investigations and current status–a comprehensive review

R Scaffidi, G Birant, G Brammertz, J de Wild… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
… The main conclusion is that Ge doping allows the kesterite formation mechanism to be
fundamentally changed, going from a triple reaction of binary selenides in the Ge-free case to a bi-…

Cation doping/alloying in kesterite solar cells

M He - 2021 - unsworks.unsw.edu.au
Kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) materials have attracted considerable interest as a
promising candidate for future thin film photovoltaic technology. This material family enjoys its …